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Turkish photojournalist

Eleni Fotiadou Küreman (née Eleni Fotiadou Greek: Ελένη Φωτιάδου, &#;&#; 16 July ) was Turkey's first professional female photojournalist.

She began her career with the American news agency Associated Press in Turkey and went on to work for numerous newspapers and magazines, including Vakit, Son Posta, Yeni Şafak, Son Dakika and Yeni Gün. She specialized in sports photography and later worked as a crime reporter.

Early life

Eleni Fotiadou was born into a wealthy family in the Cihangir neighborhood of Beyoğlu district in Istanbul, Turkey, in ^[1][2] There is some variance amongst sources on her year of birth, with some suggesting ^[1] Her father, Stavro, a merchant, and her mother, Sofya, were both Ottoman Greeks.

She had a sister Keti (Çapanoğlu after marriage), a year older than her.^[1][2] Her father died when she was four years old leading her mother to return to her form